Why You Need a Doula for Your Cesarean Birth

As a doula, I have supported many cesarean births, as one in three birthing people in America give birth this way. When I first started supporting birth long ago, vaginal births felt “easy” to support. It was everything I learned in my doula training. It wasn’t until my first cesarean birth that I felt outraged…irritated…disappointed…and very, very annoyed.

Childbirth, PostpartumBriana SmithApril 5, 2022pregnancy, birth doula, birth, cesarean birth, cesarean recovery

Postpartum Bleeding: What’s Normal vs What’s Not

You learn all about what to expect during pregnancy, labor, and childbirth – but why does no one talk about the fourth trimester and the physical changes that happen during the immediate postpartum period? Whether you’ve had a vaginal birth or a cesarean birth, you will experience some degree of postpartum bleeding, also called lochia.

Postpartum, Childbirth, Placenta EncapsulationBriana SmithJanuary 27, 2020postpartum doula, postpartum doula in raleigh, postpartum, postpartum recovery, postpartum bleeding, postpartum hemmorhage, cesarean birth, cesarean recovery, vaginal birth, childbirth, placenta encapsulation in raleigh, placenta, placenta encapsulation